House of Sweden, Washington, District of Columbia

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 House of Sweden
Designer Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB, Gothenburg, Sweden
Location Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Building Type Government Building
Climate Warm Temperate
Context Urban
Architectural Style Modern
Builder Armada Hoffler Construction Company
Street Address 2900 K Street NW
Notes Designed by Gert Wingårdh and Tomas Hansen, with VOA Associates Incorporated, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (architect of record).

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Building Details
Client National Property Board of Sweden
Awards AIA Northern Virginia Honor Award of Merit 2007, Institutional Architecture





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  • Designers: Gert Wingårdh and Tomas Hansen
  • Architect of Record: VOA Associates Incorporated, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
    • VOA Project Team: John G. Jessen, AIA; Warren Wick, AIA; Richard Brown, AIA; Paul Hansen, AIA; Doug Jeong; Tony Wong
  • Photographers: Lindman Photography; Boris Feldblyum, Boris Feldblyum Photography
  • General Contractor: Armada Hoffler Construction Company (Exteriors); Monarc Construction (Interiors)
  • Developer: Lano/Armada HarbourSide LLC
  • Design Architect: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Project Manager: Karchem Properties, Inc.
  • MEP Engineering/Base Building: TOLK Inc.
  • MEP Engineering/Interiors: Joseph R. Loring & Associates
  • Structural Engineering: Tadjer-Cohen-Edelson Associates
  • Landscape Architecture: EDAW, Inc.
  • Civil Engineering: Edwards and Kelcey

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House of Sweden

House of Sweden is a building in Washington, D.C. which houses Sweden's embassy to the United States. The building is located at 2900 K Street N.W. in the neighborhood of Georgetown. Apart from the embassy, the building, which is owned by the National Property Board of Sweden, also houses representatives of Swedish commerce. Facilities includes a secretariat, exhibition space, 19 corporate apartments, and a high-tech business event center.

The building was designed by the Swedish architects Gert Wingårdh and Tomas Hansen, with VOA Associates in Washington DC as architect of record. It consists of five floors with a total surface of 7,500 m². The front of the building is made of glass. Construction began in August 2004 and was completed in the summer of 2006. The embassy moved into the building at the beginning of August 2006. Previously the embassy was housed in rented space, first at Watergate 600, and later at 1501 M Street NW.

The building was inaugurated on October 23, 2006, by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia. Also present at the inauguration were the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt and then Ambassador of Sweden to the United States Gunnar Lund.

Gert Wingårdh received the Swedish national architecture award – the Kasper Salin Prize – for House of Sweden in 2007.

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